In a game that came down to an overtime skirmish, the Lady Rangers dropped their conference contest with the Lady Huskies 57-50 Friday night at North Greene.

Heading into the fourth quarter, the Lady Rangers (6-4, 1-1) held a 40-37 lead over North Greene (9-2, 2-0). Unaka’s Madison Ensor and Katlyn Weaver nailed two treys to give the Lady Rangers a 48-42 lead with 2:08 second left in the game. However,  the Lady Huskies went on a 6-point run to tie up the game with less than minute. Unaka’s Sarah Tipton hit two from the charity stripe to put her team up by two, but North Greene’s Katelyn Weems hit two of her own to tie it back up, sending the teams into overtime.

In the extra frame, the Lady Huskies posted seven points, while holding Unaka scoreless. Greene’s Baxter picked up five, with three coming from a trey in the final frame. She finished with 15 tying with Katelyn Weems, who also had 15. The Lady Huskies were led by Kristen Payne, who had 17 on the night.

“North Greene is a great team,” Unaka head coach Kenneth Chambers said. “They are well coached. We are just trying to get better at working as a team.

“I felt like we made a few bad decisions,” Chambers added. “They out hustled us on a few rebounds. We missed a few fouls shots, and they made a couple fouls shot. Other than that, I thought it was pretty even game.”

In the second period, the Lady Rangers started out with a 9-6 lead and led for the majority of the period, but like in the fourth quarter allowed the Lady Huskies to come back and tie things up. The teams headed to the locker rooms with the game knotted up at 24.

Katlyn Weaver led the Lady Rangers with 12, while Hannah Tipton brought in 10. Sarah Tipton closed out the game with eight.

North Greene 72, Unaka 45 (Boys)

Sometimes it is just hard to beat a team that is shooting well, and that was the case, when the Rangers and the Huskies met Friday night at North Greene High School.

The Huskies (9-2, 2-0) rained in eight treys as they rocked out to a 72-45 conference win over Unaka.

North Greene’s Corben Bernard had the game-high with 15 points, while his teammate Cameron Freshour followed up with 12, which came from four 3-pointers.

In the opening period, the Huskies had an 11-3 run, before finishing the first quarter with a 15-9 lead.

The Huskies kept things rolling with a 13-point run in the second period to give them a 26-9 lead with 4:30 left in the first half. By halftime, North Greene led 33-19.

In the third, the Rangers (5-3, 1-1) were able to conduct an 8-2 run to fight within 9 points of the Huskies. However, the Huskies outscored Unaka 8-3 during the remainder of the third quarter to head into the fourth with a 44-30 lead.

In the final period, North Greene outscored Unaka 28-15.

The Rangers were led in scoring by Kyler Lewis, who had 17, while his teammate Dylan Carrier finished with 11.

 

Unaka 9 15 16 10 (OT)0 50

N. Greene 6 18 13 13 (OT)7 57

Unaka (50)

Katlyn Weaver 12, Hannah Tipton 10, Sarah Tipton 8, Lexi Garland 2, Madison Ensor 5, Katlynn Burrow 8, Sierra Wright 2, Myah Parlier 3

N. Greene

Kristen Payne 17, Katelyn Weems 15, Lauren Baxter 15, Taylor Payne 4, Madison Hale 3, Katie Bolton 3

3pt goals— Unaka 5 (M. Ensor 1, K. Burrow 2, K. Weaver 2) N. Greene 7 (K. Payne 3, K. Weems 2, L. Baxter 2)

 

Unaka 9 10 11 15 45

N. Greene 15 18 11 28 72

Unaka (45)

Kyler Lewis 17, Joe Searfoss 8, Gary Wright 5, Dylan Carrier 11, Colton Chambers 4

North Greene (72)

Corben Bernard 19, Cameron Freshour 12,Avery Weems 10,  Ethan Harmon 6, Wesley Dotson 2, Jared Weems 1 Fin Wilczek 4, Zane Potter 7, Elijah Smith 7, Luke Reynolds 4

3pt goals— Unaka 3 (K. Lewis 3) North Greene 8 (C. Bernard 2, C. Freshour 4, E. Harmon 2)